Council tables Montalcino Estates Phase 4 after neighbors report unfinished Phase 3 fencing and request developer follow‑up

The council voted unanimously to table Montalcino Estates Phase 4 to the December 1 meeting after resident Cindy Clark told the council that fence work promised during Phase 3 remained incomplete and that contractor crews had entered private yards without advance notice.

Planning staff presented Phase 4 as a subdivision site plan with three exception requests (house‑pad benching for one‑acre lots, lot‑to‑lot drainage on lots bisected by a creek, and slope exceptions). Parks and environmental boards had recommended various actions including cash‑in‑lieu of park land.

Cindy Clark told the council that when Phase 3 was approved developers promised a six‑foot wrought‑iron fence along the rear of her street and that those promises had not been fulfilled; she reported stakes and partial fence work left her yard exposed for months. “They were supposed to have completed the fence by July 2025,” she said.

An applicant representative, Darren Andrews of McAdams, said the contractor and developer have been in contact with the HOA and that he would follow up, but he did not provide a definitive timeline. Planning staff told council that infrastructure work and the phase‑3 development permit must be closed out before certain obligations are considered complete and that required fencing adjacent to neighboring lots would need to be installed before permit closeout.

Given the outstanding questions about Phase 3 performance and a lack of a Lennar representative to answer specifics, council members agreed to table approval of Phase 4 until the applicant coordinates with staff and provides additional information; the motion to table to Dec. 1 passed by unanimous roll call.